Rail lock and support



(No Model.)

W. BJOOOK, C. R. STOUT 81: R. S. MORRIS. RAIL LOOK AND SUPPORT.

No. 570,003. Patented 0 0. 27, 1896.

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WILLBER B. COOK, CYRUS R. STOUT, AND ROBERT S. MORRIS, OF SILOAM SPRINGS, ARKANSAS.

RAIL LOCK AND SUPPORT.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 570,003, dated October 2'7, 1896.

Application filed May 29, 1896. Serial No. 593,656. (No model.) A

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLBER B. 000K, OYRUs R. STOUT, and ROBERT S. MoRRIs, citizens of the United States, residing at Si- 5 loam Springs, in the county of Benton and State of Arkansas, have invented a new and useful Rail Lock and Support, of which the following is a specification.

0 ur invention relates to a combined lock and support for steel or iron railway-rails, and has for its object to provide a device of the character described adapted to hold and retain rails firmly and securely to the ties and prevent any displacement thereof and thereby provide a more perfect fastening, prevent the rocking of the ties with less ballasting, and supply a firmer support for the rails to rest upon, resulting in a smoother running surface and making an increase of speed safe, with less danger of slides from \vashouts, the entire length of the rail being so securely locked that the rails cannot spread, as is the case where they are secured to the ties by the common spikes now in use, and thereby avoiding many wrecks, as will be hereinafter more fully described,and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a rail and tie, showing 0 our invention applied. Fig. 2 is a transverse section of a tie embodying our invention, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of our invention detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corre- 3 5 sponding parts throughout the figures.

A is a tie of ordinary construction, to the sides of which are secured the bearing-plates B. These bearing-plates are made of sufficient thickness to form a suitable bearing- 0 surface along their edges 17 for the rail O to rest upon and are provided near their upper corners with suitable lugs or projections 12. and 6 adapted to retain the dogs B against lateral movement.

c are perforations for the reception of the forated to form the eye b through which the transverse bolt also passes.

From the foregoing it will be seen that We have provided a device simple in construction and one that will be readily appreciated by those skilled in the art as possessing all the advantages ascribed.

Having thus described our invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a cross-tie, and a rail resting upon the upper face of the crosstie, of the longitudinally-disposed plates arranged vertically and secured to the opposite faces of the cross-tie and having their upper edges arranged flush with the upper face of the said tie and supporting the rail, the substantially L-shaped dogs arranged in pairs at opposite sides of the cross-tie at the outer faces of the plates and engaging the bottom flanges of the rail at both sides thereof, the transversely-disposed bolts passing through the cross-tie, the plates and the dogs, and the lugs rigid with the plates and engaging the shanks of the dogs at the outer edges thereof to prevent the dogs from swinging backward out of engagement with the rail, substantially as described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

NVILLBER B. COOK. CYRUS R. STOUT. ROBERT S. MORRIS.

Witnesses:

RoBT. D. JORDAN, WILLIAM B. Monnow. 

